FROM BLUFFTON ICON - Where can you get the best milkshake in Bluffton?
Many women might answer: The OB Department of the Bluffton Hospital.
For as long as most can remember, the OB milkshake is part of the entire birthing experience at the hospital.
And, no one is certain when it started. Jane Agner, with 43 years in the department, and Elaine Sommers with 44 years in OB, say that the tradition was in place prior to their joining the hospital staff.
Here’s how the milkshake experience works and what make it so interesting:
Women who deliver babies at Bluffton Hospital – there could be up to 200 each year – cannot have any food during labor.
Girls between 4th and 8th grade are invited to OSU Extension: Hardin’s Girl’s Group summer activities.
Girl’s Group brings together public school and homeschooled girls to work on strengthening friendships and developing overall confidence, positive self-image and self-esteem, and leadership skills through a variety of hands-on education and activities.
The group meets on selected Fridays at the Spark Lab in the Hardin County Extension Office unless noted in the schedule. The first meeting is Friday, May 31, in Lima for a fun night from 4-10 p.m.
Hanging flower baskets returned to Main Street eariler this week. Hung by village employees, the baskets provide the downtown with a true summer feel. This basket goes up in front of the railroad depot park.
Picnic in the park, a program offering free lunches to area children, will take place again this summer thanks to sponsorships from several local organizations.
The lunch program takes place Mondays through Fridays, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. beginning Monday, June 3. The program is held at the War Memorial Park.
The program is sponsored by ReStore Community Center with support from:
• The Hardin County Community Foundation
• Hardin County United Way
• Ohio Northern University’s chaplain’s office
• Ada Park Board
For more details about the program contact ReStore, 210 N. Main St., Ada
